South Wales Hauliers sixties and seventies onwards (Part 1)

steelboyf10 · 17 August 2013 15:50

willy bros

deecee · 17 August 2013 16:49

pete 359:

deecee:
Hi just found your forum, could i start with a question & request please, any mention or pics of the following companies that i drove for thro the 60,s & early 70,s.
J.M.Watkins Abergavenny
S.W.Griffiths Nantyderry.
Wilf Whiting Llanwenarth.
Thanks for any help.
Dave

Hi deecee,
Hope you enjoy our thread mate.i remember some of the firms you mentioned.there is a photo of a red j.m. watkins kv erf 8 wheeler on here,somewhere between pages 1 and 443

Thanks Pete,
Found the photo ERF KV,first photo ive seen of JM Watkins fleet.
Cheers
Dave.

bewick · 17 August 2013 19:59

Leyland600:
I must agree with you there Bewick a load of tin plate looked good when well sheeted. I only ever carried one load of tin plate from Ebbw Vale to Metal Box at Westhoughton in company with Alex and his Trader back about 1965 when my two wagons and Alex took three loads of steel sleepers from Workington Steelworks to Port Talbot loading back with tin plate. I remember a lass on a horse prancing about on the Heads of The Valleys road as we went down, the Trader in front went zooming down a long hill never drawing reign flaying the horse as you might know. His answer when asked about flaying the horse, “Shouldn’t be on the zb road”.

Cheers Leyland 600

Aye,L600 I don’t think either RWB or AHB reckoned much to the Livestock job and preferred doing the flat work out of West ■■■■■■■■■■■ not making such a bad job of it over the years that followed eh! Cheers Bewick.

altitude · 18 August 2013 14:08

I know this is somewhat off topic but here’s a few Yanks from Kington Vintage Show today for my good friend Andrew Cooper. Hope your well mate.

pete_359 · 18 August 2013 20:03

Hi John,
Thanks for the photos mate.we are fine thanks.just about recovering from last nights festivities at Hereford truck show with the boys the man in charge of the classic section of the show is a retired driver who drove for w.g. Davies for 23 years based at Leominster.

kingswinford_kit · 18 August 2013 20:13

pete 359:
Hi John,
Thanks for the photos mate.we are fine thanks.just about recovering from last nights festivities at Hereford truck show with the boys the man in charge of the classic section of the show is a retired driver who drove for w.g. Davies for 23 years based at Leominster.

Would that be Dickie Darrall ? , WG as they were known , Dickie first drove the AEC * mammoth majors , Atkinsons , and Scammell Crusader i think UCY 88 S , regularly parked up Leominster fire station car park . regards Keith

pete_359 · 18 August 2013 21:14

kingswinford kit:

pete 359:
Hi John,
Thanks for the photos mate.we are fine thanks.just about recovering from last nights festivities at Hereford truck show with the boys the man in charge of the classic section of the show is a retired driver who drove for w.g. Davies for 23 years based at Leominster.

Would that be Dickie Darrall ? , WG as they were known , Dickie first drove the AEC * mammoth majors , Atkinsons , and Scammell Crusader i think UCY 88 S , regularly parked up Leominster fire station car park . regards Keith

Hi kk,
Correct.today he kindly brought in two albums with old photos the early vabis that wg had and some others he drove over the years.why didn’t I take pictures of them on my phone
Another from m4dogwalker.